UPPSC PRELIMS GENERAL STUDIES QUIZ

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Question 1:

Which of the following crops is described as – ‘It is a crop which is used both as food and fodder. It is a Kharif crop that requires temperature between 21°C to 27°C and grows well in old alluvial soil’?

Question 2:

Why do agricultural labourers in India at times receive wages that are less than the marketprevailing wage rates?

(A) As it is fixed by the government hence they accept.

(B) They may have borrowed from the farmers who employ them.

(C) They could get regular employment from low-usage paying farmers.

Choose the correct option.

Question 3:

Rice needs ______ to grow.

Question 4:

Who among the following declares the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the crops?

Question 5:

Different crops grown in alternate rows is an example of

Question 6:

Which of the following conditions could harm coffee plantations?

Question 7:

"Indira Gandhi officially recorded the impressive strides in agriculture, by releasing a special stamp in July 1968, entitled:

Question 8:

_______is a branch of horticulture as it deals with the cultivation of flowers and ornamental crops from the time of planting to the time of harvesting.

Question 9:

The production of which of the following crops requires maximum water per hectare?

Question 10:

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

                List-I                            List-II

(a) Food Production               1. Growth in Green Revolution

(b) Milk Production                 2. Blue revolution

(c) Fish production                 3. White revolution

(d) Fertilizers                           4. Brown revolution